TY - JOUR AU - Vasvári, Fanni AU - Juhász, Márta TI - Characteristics of Safety Personality JF - PERIODICA POLYTECHNICA SOCIAL AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES J2 - PERIOD POLYTECH SOC MANAG SCI VL - 1 PY - 2024 SP - 1. SN - 1416-3837 DO - 10.3311/PPso.22638 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34750112 ID - 34750112 AB - For high-risk organisations, it is essential that employees demonstrate safety-awareness behaviour, as a reflection of their safety personality, to avoid accidents. Several studies confirm that personality is the individual difference that is most associated with the likelihood of an accident occurring; it is therefore necessary to address the identification and expression of the characteristics of safety personality. This paper aims to present a personality questionnaire the authors have created, which was administered to employees of a large Hungarian company in the electricity supply business with altogether 1273 employees obligated to prioritise workplace safety. The final version of the questionnaire contained 59 items. Based on the statistical results, 58.08% of the variance of total variables was explained by 10 factors; the scales of the questionnaire developed are otherwise reliable. The paper also examines the validation of the scales using different psychological measures. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Lulaj, Enkeleda AU - Gopalakrishnan, Aishwarya AU - Kehinde Lamidi, Kafayat TI - Financing and Investing in Women-led Businesses: Understanding Strategic Profits and Entrepreneurial Expectations by Analysing the Factors that Determine Their Company Success JF - PERIODICA POLYTECHNICA SOCIAL AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES J2 - PERIOD POLYTECH SOC MANAG SCI PY - 2024 SN - 1416-3837 DO - 10.3311/PPso.22532 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34539400 ID - 34539400 AB - This paper examines the strategic profits and entrepreneurial expectations that accompany financing and investing in women-led businesses in Kosovo, India, and United Kingdom. Its main goal was to observe what the strategic profits and entrepreneurial expectations were for these businesses, based on consideration of three factors: Factor 1 (Strategic profits and entrepreneurial expectations), Factor 2 (Financing and investing expectations), and Factor 3 (Strategic profits). Were these factors associated with one another when making financing and investment decisions, and which variables should be considered more carefully by businesses to improve performance, survive as a business and stay ahead of competitors, meet stakeholder expectations and achieve strategic profit forecasts? Through data processing (SPSS program for Windows 16) using tests and econometric analysis (descriptive, factorial, reliability, and multiple regression) the model shows that all three factors play a significant role in determining strategic profits and entrepreneurial expectations. However, it is suggested that if staff cannot quickly adapt to changes in the environment, and the managerial skills and correct leadership are not in place to execute ideas that increase profit, ensure the regular repayment of debts and loans, deploy innovative strategies, maintain a company's legal status and evaluate the work of employees, then businesses will struggle to increase their strategic profit and guarantee their market survival when compared to their competitors. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Kelemen, Zita AU - Malota, Erzsébet AU - Lendvai, Krisztián TI - Identifying Cross-Cultural Communication Barriers in Global IT Rollout Projects JF - PERIODICA POLYTECHNICA SOCIAL AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES J2 - PERIOD POLYTECH SOC MANAG SCI PY - 2024 PG - 15 SN - 1416-3837 DO - 10.3311/PPso.23032 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34475455 ID - 34475455 AB - Numerous studies have been undertaken to investigate the issues long-term expatriates and global leaders managing multicultural teams encounter. However, little research on cross-cultural communication challenges in project management has been conducted, particularly in the IT sector and rollout projects. Our research aims to investigate the effectiveness of cross-cultural communication in IT-related projects by identifying key challenging factors encountered by research participants. The purposive sampling criteria included “multiple years of experience in global IT rollout projects” and “working in multiple countries, including other continents as well”. These criteria provided a specific set of experience in multicultural social contexts based on which ten expert interviews were conducted. These global professionals come from a variety of cultural backgrounds and have worked in three to twelve countries (8,4 countries on average). An interpretative phenomenological approach has been applied, in which the interpretation of participants' lived experiences has been linked to relevant literature: cross-cultural communication and cultural profiles, organizational and national culture models, and cross-cultural project management. Our findings revealed six significant areas that emerged as key topics of intercultural problems in IT rollout projects: language, hidden assumptions, work-life balance, confrontation, time managements and apparent lies. The implications of our study derives from the experiences of the interviewed experts as they are recognized as individuals with valuable information and abilities developed through international experience that may be applied in multinational IT organizations. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Zine El Abidine, Zakaria AU - Koltai, Tamás TI - The Effect of Learning on Assembly Line Balancing: A Review JF - PERIODICA POLYTECHNICA SOCIAL AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES J2 - PERIOD POLYTECH SOC MANAG SCI VL - 32 PY - 2024 IS - 1 SP - 90 EP - 102 PG - 13 SN - 1416-3837 DO - 10.3311/PPso.22283 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34498276 ID - 34498276 N1 - Export Date: 12 January 2024 Correspondence Address: El Abidine, Z.Z.; Department of Management and Business Economics, Műegyetem rkp. 3, Hungary; email: zakariazineelabidine@edu.bme.hu AB - Classical assembly line balancing (ALB) models assume constant cycle times during production. However, this assumption oversimplifies the actual situation, especially in small batch production of up to a few hundred units, since employees can significantly improve their performance thanks to the learning effect, causing task times to decrease. Several researchers have realised the importance of the effect of learning in ALB. However, only a limited number of papers have so far addressed this issue. This is problematic, since ignoring the learning effect in ALB may lead to inaccurate results and by extension misleading conclusions. This study summarises the main contributions in the field of ALB that focus on the learning effect. First, assembly lines (ALs) and ALB problems are characterised. Next, the importance of the learning effect in ALB is highlighted, and the main learning curve (LC) models are introduced. Finally, an exhaustive review of the main contributions in the field of ALB and learning effect is provided. The results highlight that many problems in this area need to be investigated further, in relation to both conceptual model building and the development of algorithms for solving practical size problems. © 2023 Budapest University of Technology and Economics. All rights reserved. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Furka, Ildikó TI - English Needs Assessment Survey for International Students of Technology at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics in Hungary JF - PERIODICA POLYTECHNICA SOCIAL AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES J2 - PERIOD POLYTECH SOC MANAG SCI VL - 32 PY - 2024 IS - 1 SP - 67 EP - 78 PG - 12 SN - 1416-3837 DO - 10.3311/PPso.20863 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34470961 ID - 34470961 N1 - Export Date: 2 January 2024 Correspondence Address: Furka, I.; Centre of Modern Languages, Egry József str. 1, Hungary; email: furka.ildiko.zsuzsanna@gtk.bme.hu AB - Regular language instruction informed by needs assessment has been a widespread phenomenon in Teaching English as a Foreign language (EFL). In higher education (HE) institutions teaching English for Academic Purposes (EAP) based on research has also been a widely accepted trend. Nowadays the increasing number of international students in the Hungarian HE scenario has prompted faculties to support the development of students' language skills systematically. As one such institution, the Centre for Modern Languages (CML) at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) designed a questionnaire survey systematically to research the language needs of its international students of technology after having come across some anecdotal mismatches across faculties in the perception of the students' level of knowledge. International students of technology, their EFL teachers and their subject matter instructors were surveyed on how important they think certain language skills are for the students to succeed in the academic scenario. The results show that skills such as identifying main points in texts, summarising information in speech and in writing, or asking for clarification - all of pertain to the recognition or formation of structural elements in written and spoken texts - are seen as most important by the stakeholders. The results now inform the refreshment of course design and materials development at CML. Limitations are discussed together with future research recommendations, such as the need to thoroughly investigate non-linguistic issues influencing learning achievements, which may include cultural differences in learning strategies or learner-teacher expectations. © 2023 Budapest University of Technology and Economics. All rights reserved. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Babos, Annamária AU - Csizmady, Adrienne AU - Orbán, Annamária AU - Szabó, Julianna TI - Evaluation Framework for Social Impact on the E-Co-Housing Project in Budapest JF - PERIODICA POLYTECHNICA SOCIAL AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES J2 - PERIOD POLYTECH SOC MANAG SCI VL - 32 PY - 2024 IS - 1 SP - 47 EP - 57 PG - 11 SN - 1416-3837 DO - 10.3311/PPso.17956 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33832487 ID - 33832487 N1 - Export Date: 2 January 2024 Correspondence Address: Babos, A.; Department of Urban Planning and Design, Műegyetem rkp. 3., Hungary; email: a.babos@urb.bme.hu Funding details: Urban Innovative Actions, UIA Funding details: Nemzeti Kutatási Fejlesztési és Innovációs Hivatal, NKFI, K 124940 Funding text 1: The study is part of the following research projects: 'E-CoHousing-Co-creating a Regenerative Housing Project Together with the Community' supported by the Urban Innovative Actions and 'The sociology of urban planning -urban planning and society' supported by the National Research, Development and Innovation Office – NKFIH K 124940. AB - In Europe, today's affordable housing and co-housing projects represent complex products, complementing the physical intervention with economic and social techniques. This means that purely environmental and economical evaluation is not sufficient for these projects. While environmental and economical evaluation methodologies are widespread and advanced in the construction sector, methodologies to evaluate the social impacts of housing projects are rarely used and therefore underdeveloped.This study elaborates a framework to evaluate and monitor the social impacts of a complex social housing and co-housing project. The method adopted implements the Social Life Cycle Assessment, integrating a Post Occupancy Evaluation as the main tool for collecting and analysing data. The presented assessment framework is elaborated for the E-Co-Housing Model, a new experimental model so far as the development of affordable housing in Budapest is concerned. However, it delivers a starting point for more complex sustainability analysis of residential buildings in general.The guideline for the Evaluation Framework is the methodology of the Social Life Cycle Assessment of Products, clarifying and improving some of its usual elements. The study of the E-Co-Housing Model shows that housing products, especially affordable and co-housing projects significantly differ from other products. The differences are their main stakeholder groups, their life cycle stages and in their impact ways too. Therefore, housing products need a special S-LCA methodology to assess in a balanced way the complex aspects of its environmental, economic, and social sustainability. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Haouel, Chourouk AU - Nemeslaki, András TI - Digital Transformation in Oil and Gas Industry : Opportunities and Challenges JF - PERIODICA POLYTECHNICA SOCIAL AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES J2 - PERIOD POLYTECH SOC MANAG SCI VL - 32 PY - 2024 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 16 PG - 16 SN - 1416-3837 DO - 10.3311/PPso.20830 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33754170 ID - 33754170 N1 - Export Date: 10 January 2024 Correspondence Address: Nemeslaki, A.; Department of Management and Business Economics, Magyar tudósok krt. 2., Hungary; email: nemeslaki.andras@gtk.bme.hu AB - Digital technology can benefit the oil and gas sector by increasing hydrocarbon recovery, ensuring safety throughout the corporate ecosystem, and improving operational reliability. This study addresses the oil and gas supply chain digital transformation tendencies as well as the Norwegian petroleum refining company Equinor's initiatives. The main objective is to explore the opportunities for digitalisation in the oil and gas industry as well as the state of the industry's digital strategy more generally. The findings support the industry's major players continuing to invest in their collaborative ecosystem by partnering with their suppliers and start-ups and sharing with them a platform where data that can help them improve their economic position can easily be shared. It is recommended that they should develop a digital strategy roadmap, as in the case of Equinor, as a matter of priority. Supporting innovation and technology adoption through continued investment and the hiring of qualified experts is also of critical importance. It is also important to improve the digital skills of employees and spread a digital culture throughout the company so that they can protect themselves against future cyberattacks or other potential risks. On a global level, the successful implementation of a digital solution will reshape market dynamics (in terms of supply, demand, and investment) as well as the way energy networks are managed. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Kaszás, Nikoletta AU - Keller, Krisztina TI - Crisis Communication of National Destination Management Organizations before and during the Coronavirus Pandemic JF - PERIODICA POLYTECHNICA SOCIAL AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES J2 - PERIOD POLYTECH SOC MANAG SCI VL - 32 PY - 2024 IS - 1 SP - 37 EP - 46 PG - 10 SN - 1416-3837 DO - 10.3311/PPso.20131 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33684127 ID - 33684127 AB - When a tourist destination goes into crisis, the news about the crisis immediately reaches visitors. However, in 2020 the coronavirus pandemic affected not only one destination, but also resulted in a global crisis throughout the entire tourism sector since governmental restrictions were introduced for the sake of worldwide security. As potential travellers were only able to plan their trips, mostly using online platforms, crisis communication, awareness raising, or even reminder campaigns on the part of tourist destinations began to gain in value. In 2021 the national regulations fundamentally affecting tourism determined what opportunities remained open or were instead closed to national destination management organizations (DMOs). As these decisions became endowments and factors that could not be influenced, we chose to focus our research on how the online communication of tourist destinations has changed due to the pandemic. In the study, we review both the pre-crisis communication of national DMOs of the European Union and their online activity during the coronavirus pandemic. Our goal is to explore the change between the two periods: the revealed differences in communication between the first and second waves of the pandemic. We will also examine the possibilities for recovery and formulate recommendations for a post-pandemic communication strategy. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Tokmergenova, Madina AU - Dobos, Imre TI - Analysis of the Network Readiness Index (NRI) Using Multivariate Statistics JF - PERIODICA POLYTECHNICA SOCIAL AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES J2 - PERIOD POLYTECH SOC MANAG SCI VL - 32 PY - 2024 IS - 1 SP - 28 EP - 36 PG - 9 SN - 1416-3837 DO - 10.3311/PPso.20548 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33676028 ID - 33676028 N1 - Export Date: 2 January 2024 Correspondence Address: Tokmergenova, M.; Department of Economics, Műegyetem rkp. 3, Hungary; email: tokmergenova.madina@gtk.bme.hu AB - The Network Readiness Index (NRI) is one of the indicators that shows the level of digital development of countries. The NRI for 2021 shows the development of 130 countries, in contrast to the 45 countries covered by the International Digital Economy and Society Index (I-DESI) of the European Union, which measures only the most developed countries. This paper aims to determine the relationship between 12 sub-pillars of NRI. We use Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to perform a mapping of our data to a lower-dimensional space, and further analyse the causal relationships between the principal sub-pillars using partial correlation coefficients, concluding that two of the twelve main sub-pillars can be explained by ten independent sub-pillars. Thereafter, we use cluster analysis to group our objects (i.e. the 130 countries) into clusters. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Kapás, Judit TI - How Do Culture and Institutions Jointly Impact Income?. Empirical Evidence Based on Cultural and Institutional Multipliers TS - Empirical Evidence Based on Cultural and Institutional Multipliers JF - PERIODICA POLYTECHNICA SOCIAL AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES J2 - PERIOD POLYTECH SOC MANAG SCI VL - online first PY - 2023 SP - https://doi.org/10.3311/PPso.21855 SN - 1416-3837 DO - 10.3311/PPso.21855 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34668667 ID - 34668667 AB - The aim of this paper is to look at the joint impact of culture and institutions on economic development by operationalizing the cultural and institutional multipliers conceptualized in the literature. The study uses regression analyses to estimate the two multipliers which are key in an understanding of the interaction of culture and institutions. As for culture, two layers are distinguished, deep culture (values) and a slow-moving cultural layer (beliefs). The cross-country empirical analyses, including IV estimations, provide evidence that the two cultural layers "behave" differently. Deep culture is not a substitute for (better) institutions, however, high-quality institutions can substitute improvement in deep culture, while in the majority of countries, in which institutions are not of high quality, institutions complement improvement in deep culture. Contrary to that, the slow-moving layer does not appear to be a significant determinant of development once institutions are controlled for. But what is more, no sign of interaction with institutions has been detectable. These findings shed light on the unique role of deep culture in economic development. LA - English DB - MTMT ER -